The clashes have resulted in over 3,000 deaths, including 20 peacekeepers from South Africa, Malawi, and Tanzania, and at least 2,900 injuries.

Regional leaders call on all warring parties - including the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels - to meet within five days.

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KAMPALA, Uganda — Leaders from eastern and southern Africa on Saturday called for an immediate ceasefire in eastern Congo, where rebels are threatening to overthrow the Congolese government, but also ...

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Regional leaders call for immediate ceasefire in DRC as Rwanda-backed M23 group advances, raising fears of regional war.

The communique also points out that the defense chiefs are also expected to "develop a securitization plan" for the city of Goma and the surrounding areas ...

Leaders across Africa have asked defense chiefs to come up with a roadmap to end the conflict in eastern Congo. Their crisis talks in Tanzania and Equatorial Guinea come as the long-running war ...

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has rapidly seized swathes of territory in the mineral-rich eastern DRC in an offensive that has left thousands dead and displaced vast numbers.

Di summit of heads of state of di East Africa Community (EAC) and Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), happun on ...